Customised Workshops for Staff and Students

Our most requested workshops for students are on aspects of Academic Writing, but we also know there is a current need for support in areas such as Academic Integrity and Critical Thinking. Workshops in areas such as Presentation Skills, Groupwork and Exam Preparation are most effective for students when delivered in advance of assessments.

In the academic year, 23-24, SLD ran 58 collaborative workshops, with 2637 student attendances. Service users include the School of Medicine, School of Dental Science, Trinity Business School, School of Social Work and Social Policy, School of Engineering, School of Nursing and Midwifery and many more.

Online resources for staff & students

You can also direct your students to our Blackboard module ASSL- Academic Skills for Successful Learning. This has a large range of learning resources in a variety of formats. It is a self-enrol module. Instructions on how to enrol can be found here.

Feedback

"The increase in students requiring services as they proceed through the programme, prompted me to introduce something at an earlier stage, to prevent issues from arising or escalating."

"I follow up meetings with my students to ensure the correct course of action was taken to address their difficulties. The feedback on the service from SLD has has been overwhelming positive. Students report increased confidence undertaking course work as well as having learned new study approaches to academic tasks."

"SLD service provided was excellent, we just need to figure out how best to format it. Plans to tie in with induction and scheduled lectures will, I think be a positive development."

Dr. John Dinsmore, School of Nursing and Midwifery "I just wanted to reach out and thank Caroline Forsyth for the fantastic support provided in constructing an academic writing workshop for the EC visuAAL project, of which TCD is one of 5 academic partners: https://www.visuaal-itn.eu. The workshop will be held next week in Spain and the project partners are delighted with how it has come together. I am truly grateful for the support, time and effort provided in putting together the workshop to such a professional/high level. Best regards and thanks once again."